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DVD recorder and PVR instant on architecture

a technology of pvr instant and recorder, which is applied in the field of video recorders, can solve the problems of not being able to meet certain government regulations, long boot up time of conventional dvd/pvr recorders, and powering the internal circuitry all the time, and achieve the effect of very little power consumption

Active Publication Date: 2011-03-01
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LTD
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[0005]The objects, features and advantages of the present invention include providing a digital versatile disk (DVD) recorder and / or personal video recorder (PVR) instant on architecture that may (i) consume very little power when in an off state, (ii) transition from the off state to an on state in a short time, (iii) maintain a last known on state condition of the system in a volatile memory while in the off state, (iv) record electronic programming guide information and / or other data while in the off state, (v) update a real time clock while in the off state and / or (vi) enable manufacturer customization of the wake up criteria.

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Customers have expressed concerns that boot up times of conventional DVD / PVR recorders are too long.
Furthermore, as the DVD / PVR recorder software becomes more complicated, the boot up time becomes longer.
Unfortunately, many conventional DVD / PVR recorders wait tens of seconds before the recording actually begins.
However, powering the internal circuitry all of the time does not allow a DVD / PVR recorder to comply with certain government regulation, such as the “Energy Star” logo regulation.

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[0014]Referring to FIG. 1, a block diagram of a system 100 is shown in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The system (or apparatus) may be referred to as a video recorder, a video decoder and / or a video system. The video system 100 may be operational to record video content to a storage device for subsequent playback and / or decode video content received from an external source. The video recorder 100 may implement a digital versatile disk (DVD) recorder, a PVR, a set-top box and / or a digital television decoder module.

[0015]The video system 100 generally comprises a circuit (or module) 102, a circuit (or module) 104, a circuit (or module) 106, a circuit (or module) 108, a circuit (or module) 110, a circuit (or module) 112, a circuit (or module) 114, a circuit (or module) 116, a circuit (or module) 118 and a circuit (or module) 120. An input signal (e.g., VIN) may be received by the circuit 104. A signal (e.g., TIN) may be transferred from the circuit 102...

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A method for transitioning a video system is disclosed. The method generally includes a first step for (A) executing in a processing circuit a standby code stored in a nonvolatile memory while the video system is in an off state, the off state defining a low power configuration for the processing circuit and a power off condition for the video system, the standby code being responsive to a plurality of wake up conditions to wake up the video system. In a second step, the method may (B) store an application code in a volatile memory while in the off state, the application code configured to operate the video system while in an on state of the video system. The method generally includes a third step for (C) transitioning from the off state to the on state upon detection of at least one of the wake up conditions. A step for (D) executing in the processing circuit the application code while in the on state to decode video may also exist in the method.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to video recorders generally and, more particularly, to a DVD recorder and PVR instant on architecture.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]An “instant on” feature in a digital versatile disk (DVD) recorder or a personal video recorder (PVR) is desirable for several reasons. Customers have expressed concerns that boot up times of conventional DVD / PVR recorders are too long. Some lower-cost DVD / PVR recorders will take up to several minutes to boot before becoming usable. Furthermore, as the DVD / PVR recorder software becomes more complicated, the boot up time becomes longer. “Impulse recording” is also a desirable feature for a DVD / PVR recorder. To implement an impulse record feature, the DVD / PVR recorder is equipped with a “record” button on a front plane. When the record button is pressed, the DVD / PVR recorder should start recording live programming without an obvious time lag, even if the DVD / PVR recorder was shut off at the tim...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/91H04N5/63
CPCH04N5/76H04N5/765H04N5/781H04N5/85
Inventor LEUNG, HO-MINGSOWADSKY, ELLIOTPOTHARAJU, SURYANARYANA M.PANAGAS, JR., PETER G.
Owner AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LTD
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